Grapenut Bread

This is a dense and hearty quick bread that comes together quick in a mixer. Makes great toast, especially with this honey butter.

I adapted this recipe from several I found online

Grapenut Bread

1 1/2 C grape nuts
3 C Lowfat Milk + 3 T vinegar to sour (or lemon juice)

Place the grapenuts and the milk in the bowl of the mixer and let them soak for 15 minutes or so.

With the mixer on, add the following:

2 eggs
1 C sugar
6 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
3/4 C flaxseed meal (ground flax)
1/4 C bran or wheatgerm
5 C flour

Spoon the batter into greased bread pans. This will make two good sized loaves or one larger loaf and two or three mini loaves. You can wet your hands to pat it down in the pan. Let the bread rest for a few minutes while the oven preheats. Some recipes have you wait as long as an hour but I didn't want to do that.

Bake for 45-50 minutes, making sure larger loaves are truly cooked in the center. This is a dense bread that does not brown, but will sink as it cools if it's not fully baked. - If you don't have on hand or don't want to use the flax and bran, just substitute in one more cup of flour, for a total of 6 C flour. I calcluated the recipe as is at about 250 cals per serving and about 5 grams of fiber. It's also pretty lowfat since it uses no oil.

For the honey butter:

1 stick of butter, softened
1/4 C honey
1/4 C marshmallow cream

Blend together with a hand mixer.